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Nirbhaya Case|SC yet again rejects Pawan Kumar’s plea of juvenility

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by

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Chh HC | Bail cannot be granted if accusations are found to be prima facie true under S. 43(D) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ. upheld the NIA Court’s order rejecting the appellant’s

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HP HC | Vesting of discretion with executive authority does not clothe it with the power to violate Constitutional provisions

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. allowed a petition pertaining to exercise of discretionary power of the Governor in the

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Bom HC | Law does not permit trial court to reconstruct a new theory of its own from residual parts of prosecution evidence to convict the accused

Bombay High Court: K.K. Sonawane, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby the appellant was convicted

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

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NCDRC | Reconsideration of a case by District Forum, though warranted, must not be directed if it results in miscarriage of justice to complainant

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): A Coram of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and Dinesh Singh (Member), disposed of a case centered

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All HC | It is the duty of media to expose the government and its functionaries, for proper functioning of democratic machinery

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. was hearing a petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter

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Bom HC | Publishing the official gazette notification regarding appointment of Govt. Analyst in terms of S. 20 of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, not a mere formality

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the State against the order of the trial court whereby

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Delhi-NCR Pollution| Show cause notice to Delhi, Rajasthan, UP and Haryana Govts & an extensive list of directions to curb the ‘life threatening” pollution

Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta, JJ has issued a long list of directions to curb the Delhi-NCR

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Del HC | Claim of constructive possession not tenable where dispute is pending between person so claiming and person through whom possession is claimed

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby the petitioner’s suit filed

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Ker HC | Plea for anticipatory bail rejected in view of S. 18 of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

Kerala High Court: Shircy V., J. dismissed this petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The petitioner,

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Ker HC | Motor Accident Claims Tribunal directed to defer recovery proceedings and consider condonation of delay application and appeal against ex parte award

Kerala High Court: A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. disposed of the original petition, allowing the application for setting aside ex parte order and

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SL CoA | When servitude of right of way becomes attached to a land, it passes to the new owners of the land even if it is not mentioned in the deeds

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Samayawardhena, J., dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC | “It’s so sad!” that NCPCR and State Commissions are fighting over jurisdiction when they should be protecting the rights of the children

“It’s so sad! We start with a lament because institutions set up to protect children have virtually forsaken them in a fight

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Canada SC | Person born in Canada to a couple who were undercover Russian spies held to be a Canadian citizen

Supreme Court of Canada: A Full Bench of Wagner, CJ. and Moldaver, Grason, Cote, Brown, Rowe and Martin, JJ. is pertaining to

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Bom HC | Acquittal of murder accused upheld holding his disclosure to Sub-Inspector in police station that he killed his wife as non-admissible in evidence

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed by the State against the

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SL CoA | Sole testimony of prosecutrix found reliable enough for a trial judge to act; Court dismisses appeal against conviction

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K.K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando, JJ.,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

APTEL | Bonafide delay can be condoned; Tribunal condones delay of 148 days while allowing the appeal

Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL): A Coram of Justice Manjula Chellur (Chairperson) and S.D. Dubey, (Technical Member) allowed an appeal filed against

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NCLAT | Dissenting financial creditor cannot be allowed to scramble CIRP process; only the collective decision of Committee of Creditors is enforceable by law

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A.I.S. Cheema, J. while deciding the present Company Appeal held that the dissenting Financial Creditor in

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Ker HC | S. 75 of CPC does not include “appreciation of evidence for reporting to the court” within its ambit

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of K. Harilal and Annie John, JJ. upheld the appeal filed against the order of the

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Bom HC | Statement recorded under S. 108 of Customs Act is not reliable in isolation without corroboration by independent witness

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed by the Union of India against the order of the trial court whereby